I Need to Follow More People

I’m only following like 120 people and I need more non-fandom content on my dash. I mean, if you post fandom stuff that’s okay, I just need something to break up the Undertale revolution. :’D

I want to check out and maybe talk to more spoonies, non-binary people, and so on. Basically I’ll just list what I’m looking for- feel free to reblog as a signal boost, just tag it as ‘signal boost’. Tag otherwise or don’t tag and I’ll go check your blog! 

Looking For People Who Are or Who Blog About:

• Spoonies/Chronic Illness ((All kinds, but narcolepsy, cataplexy, and chronic pain specifically are relevant to me.))
  
• Transgender/Nonbinary People
• Neuroatypical People ((Again, all kinds, but the ones specific to me are BPD, OCD, PTSD, GAD, and Depression))
• College Students ((I just started college and I just keep blogging about my experience and would follow people who blog about their, too!))

So, if you’re any/all of the above, hit me up with a reblog! Mention in the tags which apply to you, and if you’re just boosting, tag as signal boost.

I have a lot of headcanons specifically about mental illness and illness in general because I demand representation and I’ll make representation since it doesn’t happen. I figured I’ll list a few off the top of my head, and these are the just the disabled, neuroatypical, and neurodivergent headcanons.*

*I really don’t know enough about conditions on the autism spectrum, so I say “autism” but I mean something along that spectrum.

Pearl ((Steven Universe)) - Autism, OCD

Papyrus ((Undertale)) - Autism

Amethyst ((Steven Universe)) - Borderline Personality Disorder

Connie ((Steven Universe)) - Social Anxiety

Onion ((Steven Universe)) - Autism

Remus Lupin ((Harry Potter)) - Narcolepsy

Kazuaki Nanaki ((Hatoful Boyfriend)) - Narcolepsy

Caitlin ((Pokemon)) - Narcolepsy

Wally ((Pokemon)) - Avoidant Personality Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Lupus

Wirt ((Over the Garden Wall)) - Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Insomnia

Izzy ((Total Drama)) - Histrionic Personality Disorder

Noah ((Total Drama)) - Major Depressive Disorder

Harold ((Total Drama)) - Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Draco Malfoy ((Harry Potter)) - Dependent Personality Disorder

Luna Lovegood ((Harry Potter)) - Autism, Chronic Sleep Paralysis

Neville Longbottom ((Harry Potter)) - Social Anxiety, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Insomnia

I could keep going on indefinitely but I’ll stop for now. Basically, everyone is now neuroatypical and/or neurodivergent. Because representation.

Friendly remind to neuroatypical people: You are valid. Your illness is valid. You’re not valid “in spite of your illness”, you’re not valid “even though you’re mentally ill”. You’re valid. Period. You matter, your feelings matter, your thoughts matter, and you are important.

Breaking News: Mentally ill people don’t have to hate themselves and the illnesses they have in order for you to see them as a “genuine neuroatypical™”.

I am literally the worst at steady communication so if I ever don’t reply to you are take ten decades to reply, it’s not you. It’s not your fault. You are fine. You are wonderful- it really is me and my conundrum, not yours. 

Reasons I don’t reply to things or take a long time to reply to things:

-I have legitimate memory problems due to my narcolepsy. I will think I replied, or I replied to you in a dream, and then I think it’s done or don’t do it because reality, dreams, and memories blur a LOT for me and it’s very difficult to keep track of many conversation.

-I don’t know what to say; I’m very anxious and I often simply won’t reply if I feel like I have nothing of value to say. Keeping a conversation going can be difficult for me at times.

-I get sensory overload very easily, and I do not have the capacity to maintain casual relationships easily. There are two people I annoy constantly, but for everyone else I get very easily exhausted when trying to communicate with people I don’t know on a deep level. 

-I spend 90% of my time sleeping, and the other 10% being ridiculously tired because of the narcolepsy. I don’t often have the energy to reply to things, or the wakefulness to formulate a well-thought-out response.

Basically, either my narcolepsy, depression, sensitivities, or anxiety are preventing me from replying to you at this moment, but it’s not your fault. If I have a problem with someone, I don’t converse with them in the first place, or I just tell them if they try to interact with me. So I PROMISE that unless I explicitly say “I have a problem with you”, I don’t have a problem with you.

It’s actually much less common for a neuroatypical person to only have one diagnosis, really. A lot of neurotypical people don’t care to realize just how much mental illnesses tend to intersect. So, honestly, it’s not that far-fetched for someone to have depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, and other illnesses in tandem.

Don’t ever feel like you have to apologize when asking someone to tag triggers. It’s not a burden, it’s you being a smart freaking person for wanting to stay safe, and anyone who treats it like a burden or a joke is not only inconsiderate garbage, but ableist as all get out.